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MARCH.25.2010 | TONIGHT!! | 9PM-2AM/32611

We gon be covering another killa event here on the island of Saipan.Yezzer! Marie of Marie Sayson Photography and I will be welcoming you at the door and tracking you down on the dance floor lol. So when you see us, make sure to smile for the cammies. It's a FRIDAY NIGHT, what's always the best way to spend it?? WELL, JUST GATHER UP SOME OF YOUR CLOSEST BUDDIES, YAH'SELF AND HEAD OVER TO SAIPANS KILLA SPOT, G.I.G DISCOTHEQUE and ENJOY YAH'LL SELVES IN THE CLUB =]

SEE YAH'LL THERE!!!

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Myreikko's Future Faces ^.^

So as you all know, I'm still in the process of finishing a painting for this years big art competition. Wish my days were a lil clearer so I can actually work on it lol. I'm pretty sure I know and finally admit that the way I finish a piece don't exactly come out the way they are due to the procrastination addiction, the insufficient levels of energy due to the lack of sleep, and the crazy trait and curse of agreeing to do too much things all at once to satisfy people lol. But I'm slowly and successfully changing those things little by little. Just gotta keep the stubbornness at bay.

Anyways, this post is just going to be about 2 very lovely and beautiful girls that I am planning to work with again. I call them my Future Faces of Myreikko, because they really are such lovely models.

Both Fergie and Abigail agreed to help me out with a stock shoot I had to do to get the poses of the paintings I planned on and they really helped extremely. They were both very cooperative and fun which made the whole shoot awesome. In return I gave them the opportunity to have personal portraits which resulted to some pretty gorgeous pictures. =]




-Nix


Myreikko's Future Faces by Myrene Nikko Evangelista is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

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Recap Pt.1 (Imagery: 1st Ever NMI Bully Show)

February 19, 2011

Ok, so I figured out a way to post my works lol. I'll do a series of recaps plus another post of my most recent work each day (so I don't spam my facebook). With this, I'll be able to have you, my dear readers, catch up on all the stuff I've been doing.

First recap is about the Pitbull based dog show we had here on island, last month. It's the first AKBC dog show and it was a lot of fun to check out. So many pitbulls in every age group, but I must say that the puppies are always the cutest XD.

It was nice to see the island community come together to appreciate the event. Clear nice day to just spend with your family and your doggies lol.

I had a lot of fun taking pictures, but was too shy to get close to any of them haha.






To see more coverage of this event, head over to my facebook fan page by clicking the images.
HAPPY FRIDAY!
-Nix


Who's The Alpha Dog Coverage by Myrene Nikko Evangelista is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License.

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Shark Bait....

So was checking the daily emails this morning and got a funny inquiry from someone out of no where. mryouknowwhoyouare@hotmail.com is a perfect example of a shark. There's a huge ocean out there and in that ocean you have a vast sea of different fishes.

There's the simple fish, the worker fish, the general everyday fishes and then there's the sharks. The sharks are the main fishes who's got it big. On top of other fishes, they are fearful and undefeated. How? They're tricky.

Sharks lurks in the depths of the murky waters, tailing fishes. They trick the average fish by making it seems like everything is ok and when they least expect it, the shark eats them alive.

How does this relate to my morning?

mryouknowwhoyouare@hotmail.com emailed me with a business proposal. He praised how good my work was and how he love the way I edited my photographs. He lured me in by his kindness until he came with a bite. "I love your photos, but I like how you edit more. How bout if I hire you to edit my images? I'll pay you $... for every batch you finish, but I must own the credits to all of them."

I don't know if I have the right to get mad here, but um what?

A bite of reality is when a person critics you of your work, something you created out of passion then out of no where have someone say it doesn't look any good as of how they describe it.

I have nothing against being an editor, but for someone who's trying to grow a name for herself, this right now isn't a good choice. mryouknowwhoyouare@hotmail.com offered a rate lower then what I charge my clients and in agreement he must share my work on his images without crediting me -.-

How am I suppose to grow as an individual artist if I allowed mryouknowwhoyouare@hotmail.com with this privilege.

I've been on this road before, and it wasn't with my photos or editing. It was with the graphics I drew for a company who paid me little and with no commission or credit. That company grew, and got alot of profit while I was left with little for every design I created for them.

Sharks.

They're everywhere, and business wise are deadly. If you fall into a shark's path, you'll become their bait. U'll be eaten and all your hard work will be theirs to get praised upon.

U'll end up as someone who was never heard about, and even though you have a portfolio out, you won't ever get notice. You'll only get noticed by your die hard fans, who knows your work from a glance.

Art is a tough profession, it is a career path of risk and luck. If you choose to not stand up for your creations, you'll end up being a shadow to others.

Don't fall into a shark's bite, be as smart as a dolphin and hit him in the gills.

-Nix

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Amazing Paintings By Agnes Cecile

I'm just about getting ready to start on my masterpieces for May's deadline for the art competition here in Saipan. I really want to make sure that I do my strongest and my very best this time, especially cause it's, what I'm hoping to be, my last year here on island.

I've been getting restless, and I want to get into Art School so badly. I'm itching to learn and grow what I have inside me. I always get excited when I think about how well I can create. Every time I compare my work from the beginning to the very present, I get pretty impressed, but in the world of art you really cannot just be good at what you do. So every time I get down with that very thought, I always look to those superior in the same field for inspiration.

I found the incredible work of Agnes on Deviant Art. She creates beautiful abstract and surrealistic paintings that truly grabs your attention. Her style and colors expresses so much emotion that you feel attached to her paintings.




I love how she uses so much texture and movement to express the feeling of each painting, you pretty much understand what she is trying to show you.




Mmmm, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful.
I really urge you to check out her full gallery which you may do by clicking on the images.

Have a great week everyone =]
Stay Positive,
Nix

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Time-Lapse, Stop Motions or Video....

So pretty soon I'm gonna start working on a major painting project for this year's local art competition. I'm hopefully looking at two 30"x40" mixed media paintings with a similar theme as my first entry last year. Since I love flowers and I'm fairly good at drawing/painting them, I'm just going to stick with that.

In the process of thinking up how these paintings should look and where should I start, I saw some awesome videos that documented the Creative Process of a final piece. I found these videos on Abduzeedo and thought that I should try making one.


Tony Riff from itdrewitself on Vimeo.

I really love how the one above was composed. I've always been planning to test out how creative I can be with video and this video sparked up some motivation. On the same list, there where Creative Process videos shot in time-lapse. This style showed the process point by point, and is just a lot of fun to watch.


TEDxBrooklyn by SARA BLAKE of the KDU from Cinecycle on Vimeo.


Time-Lapse reminds me of the first time I've seen them in action through Gizmodo. I was browsing through some photography works on Deviantart when I stumbled on Tilt-Shift photography. After researching it online, Gizmodo had a small list of tilt-shift time-lapse videos. They look soo awesome and you'd actually wonder if this was a model or a the real world cause everything is all miniature.


Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Recently, a bunch of the local photographers I know has/have been doing time-lapse videos and last night J.K. taught me how. I'm not planning on posting mine up though lol, all my settings weren't right and the video so far looks crappy XD. So it might just go into my scrap pile. I would love to feature their videos though, including J.K.'s =D They look pretty tight, and is sure fun to watch!


Garapan Time-lapse from John Kyle on Vimeo.

Triple Double. from silent.gear on Vimeo.

Crater Lake In Time from Jerry Lin on Vimeo.

One Long Sunset from Karen Tenorio Cabrera on Vimeo.

After watching J.K.'s video, I saw one of his fans suggest stop motion, which I still remember from back then. It was how a lot of the old cartoons were created. Frame by frame, centimeters to centimeters, it was a process I highly respected. I tried it once, where you draw a figure and capture it then play it as a whole. It was hella cool, but I lost that copy when my old computer crashed =/

Below are a few examples I found and adore. The light painting one is my favorite =D

A SHORT LOVE STORY IN STOP MOTION from Carlos Lascano on Vimeo.

Origami In the Pursuit of Perfection from MABONA ORIGAMI on Vimeo.

There's soo many different ways for me to document my creative process, and at first it was hard to choose, but now that I've created this whole list, I believe I know what I'm going to go for. I'm gonna try to have all the techniques in one. ^-^ Hopefully it all comes together swell.

Stay Creative!!
-Nix

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